How supernovas sparked life with water 100 million years after the Big Bang

New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its 1st steps towards stars and galaxies

The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe’s infancy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope show the first steps toward the first stars and galaxies.

Best ever map of early universe is double-edged sword for cosmologists

The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded precise confirmation of the age of the cosmos and its rate of expansion. But for some scientists, the findings offer a frustrating lack of clues to major cosmological mysteries

How supernovas sparked life with water 100 million years after the Big Bang

Around 100 million years after the Big Bang, supernovas might have filled the early universe with water, creating the conditions necessary for life. The explosions of massive stars released heavy elements like oxygen, which combined with hydrogen to form water. This new research suggests life could have emerged much earlier than previously thought, challenging existing theories.